Last of the Legacy

Random again. Firedance and Earthdance. Brother and sister, the price they paid for their gifts.

Submitted:Jan 17, 2012
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Sven

Ria

Fire licked at her skin, burning her. She fought for a way
out of her fiery torture. "Sven!" Her brother was nowhere to be
found. Where was he? She struggled against the arms of fire
bringing her closer to the pit. "Sven!" Finally she pushed out of
the heat only to fall onto cold stone ground. Breathing heavily,
she stood up and grasped the wall for support, adjusting her eyes
to the darkness of the room. Where was her brother? She felt the
wall and continued on before stumbling across something soft. A
body. She looked down, a body covered in blood. Completely
covered, the only thing she could catch was the green converse
high-tops. Sven's high-tops and then the flames caught her
again.

Ria woke up gasping for breath, the cold night air slamming into
her nose. "Sven," she gasped. Her brother moaned and turned in
his bed to face her.

Seeing her pale face covered in sweat, he frowned and got up.
"Ria?" Ria shook; she couldn't get her words out of her mouth.
Everything was stuck inside her throat, choking her. Sven walked
over, concern written all over his face. Gently, he massaged her
throat until she could breathe properly again. "Better?"

"Shhh…" Sven gently wrapped his arms around her holding her
closely letting the healing light seep through his fingers into
her body, calming down her frightened system, soothing her back
to sleep.

"NO!" Ria pushed away from him. "You have to know what I saw!"
Sven nodded his face grim. "I was in this fire pit, flames were
everywhere. They had arms and they were reaching for me. I got
out and began to look for you. I tripped over you. You were
covered in blood, dead, on the floor. Your converse soaked. What
is going on? Are you going to die?"

Sven sighed, "That's not the first time you dreamed of fire.
You're firedanced. Your element is fire. You won't die or burn if
you stay in fire. I will. I am earthdanced. I heal, you destroy.
It's simple."

"So you would die if you touched fire?" Ria frowned.

"Not really, but it doesn't suit me," her brother answered. "Now
go to sleep." Once again, Sven enfolded his sister in his embrace
and sent her to sleep.

~

"Come on slow-poke," Sven called over his shoulder as he jogged
up the trail.

"Wait up you cheetah!" Ria shouted. Sven laughed as he slowed
down and allowed his panting sister to catch up.

"You sound like a horse!" he teased.

"I'll…get…you…for…this…" Ria panted. "Just…let…me…catch…my
breath…"

"Liking the hike so far?" Sven laughed.

Ria glared at him, "More like a marathon. You sprinted up that
hill like a rabbit. What happened to enjoying the scenery?"

"Oops, forgot about that."

"Yeah right."

"Come on, let's keep going," Sven pushed Ria ahead of him. "Let's
go snail-brain." Ria tossed him an evil glare, promising that she
would get him back for this. Sven rolled his eyes and shrugged.
Together, they continued up the mountain.

Soon, they reached their cliff, a circle of smooth stones sat at
the center of the flat edge. Sven sat down and slipped off the
backpack that he had been carrying. Ria slumped down next to him.
The two of them stared off into the distance, staring at the
beauty.

Suddenly, Ria groaned. Sven turned to see his sister bowled over,
fire growing from her fingertips. He reached over and touched
her, allowing dirt to flow from his hands in an attempt to
smother the flames. The flames caught on to his hands and refused
to let go, biting into him. Sven struggled to kill the flames but
it only grew stronger, reaching for him. Consuming him, burning
him. He slumped down and allowed the pain to overtake him.

~

Ria opened her eyes. She was in room made of black marble. A
throne stood in front of her. A figure in white sat on top of the
throne. "Welcome Firedance Warrior," the figure boomed.

"Where am I? Where is Sven?" Ria struggled to sit up only to
realize that she was tied to the chair. "Let me go!"

"No Warrior, you must watch." The figure waved his hand and an
alter appeared with…Sven's body on it.

"Ria?" Sven's weak voice broke through her trance.

"No!" Ria launched herself against her bonds, but they were made
of iron.

"Watch little warrior, watch this sacrifice!"

Ria stared in horror as flames jumped out from the alter and
began to lick at her brother. "SVEN!" she screamed. "Let him go!"
The figure only laughed at the two siblings feeble attempts to
get free. "No, I won't let you do this!" Ria glared at the figure
and unexpectedly, flames of blue leapt up and consumed the
figure.

"What? What is this?!" the figure screamed.

"Burn in your own fire ditch!" Ria shouted as the flames ate the
figure up and he disappeared. "Sven," Ria whispered weakly, all
her strength gone.

"Ria," Sven groaned. He turned to glance at his sister and smiled
softly then closed his eyes. Ria smiled too and closed her eyes
as well. The two bodies lay in a chamber of stone, one with fire
flickering every so often at her body and the other with plants
growing beside him. Eternally.

Two figures watched, one of the figures winced at his new burn
wounds. "You acted too quickly. They're gone. The last element
warriors are gone."

The fire figure glared at the other one, "You wanted this too,"
he accused.

"Yes," the other figure replied , "But not so soon. Our legacy is
dead with them. Our success and wonders."